Chapter 443 The Tampered Past
The same night.
Zhao Yan, who was far away in Jicheng, the capital of Dayan, also had a nightmare.
She dreamed that she was riding a horse and sent Gu Xu to Jingu, watching him board a merchant ship and sail towards the distance from a distance.
However, just after the merchant ship had traveled less than a mile, it suddenly caught fire.
Raging fire jumped up from the merchant ship, reflecting the sea red, like a sea of fire in hell.
And the ship quickly burned, became limp, and blackened until it turned into ashes.
Only then did she realize that it was actually a boat made of paper!
She stood on the shore in a daze, reaching out to rub her wet eyes. Sadness sprouted up and thrived in her heart like bamboo shoots in the spring rain.
After a while, she finally came back to her senses.
"Obviously there is no one I know on this boat," she thought, "but why am I so sad?"
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When she woke up in the morning, Zhao Yan’s eyes were red Blood streaks are clearly visible.
She was in a depressed mood and was too lazy to dress up, so she put on some casual clothes, left the palace, mounted the horse "Big Red", and went to the Fire Temple accompanied by several guards.
Since becoming the monarch of Dayan, she has gone to the Fire Temple to pray every morning.
Seeing her behavior, the citizens of Dayan sighed that the king was indeed the reincarnation of a saint, and her pious attitude towards the gods was far beyond ordinary people.
But only Zhao Yan knew that the reason why she went to the Fire Temple every day was just because she wanted to see a certain bastard and pray that he would be safe and sound while searching for the fragments of the magic weapon. Don't lose your little one easily. life.
However, today, when she walked under the statue of Vulcan, her mind suddenly went blank.
Today’s statues seem to have become very strange.
Its face is as blurry as ever, but for some reason, it lacks some of the familiarity of the past.
Zhao Yan took a deep breath, turned and left the Fire Temple under the surprised gazes of the guards.
At this moment, she felt empty in her heart, as if something important was missing. She thought about it over and over, but she still couldn't figure it out.
As soon as she walked out of the gate of the Fire Temple, a soldier hurried to her and reported to her: "Your Majesty, there is an alchemist from Hedong requesting to see you. He said that the king is As the leader of the Luoshui Conference, he is impressed by his extraordinary style. He hopes that you can give him a chance to serve you. "
So I was also the leader of the "Luoshui Conference"?
Zhao Yandai frowned slightly, thought for a while, and found that this was indeed the case in her memory.
She remembered that at the end of the Luoshui Conference, she and a Feng Shui master named "Bai Chen" competed for "Silver Wine".
With a short time difference, she was the first to grab the "Silver Liquor" and was sent to the royal treasury. But "Bai Chen" actually built a space channel and followed her into the inner treasury.
At that time, she discovered that Bai Chen was not actually a real human monk, but the "Ghost Attendant" of the Ghost King of Mangshan.
However, because the Mangshan Ghost King had reached an agreement with her father in advance, it did not attack her. Instead, after obtaining the "Jingshan Bi", the Great Seal of Chu that it wanted, it went straight to the imperial city. .
Zhao Yanze successfully awakened her bloodline with the help of fragments of "flint" in the royal family's inner treasury, and obtained the dazzling and powerful fire phoenix wings...
The whole thing seemed to make sense.
But subconsciously, Zhao Yan always felt that something important was missing in this process.
This feeling made her very awkward and uncomfortable. "Let him wait for me in the main hall!" After a moment of silence, Zhao Yan lightly ordered.
"Yes, Your Majesty!" the soldier bowed.
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This morning, Shangguan Jin rarely had any free time. While the sun was shining brightly and the wind was gentle, I wandered around the streets of Luojing, thinking about using my new salary to buy myself some new rouge, perfume, and jewelry.
Nowadays, the streets and alleys are plastered with portraits of the bandit "King of Swordsmen" Li Batian.
Every time I see the strong man with beard and ferocious face in the portrait, Shangguan Jin can't help but sigh. This Li Ba is so capable that he forced the court to spend a lot of effort to arrest him. Recently, he has been All the saints and strong men were dispatched.
While walking, she unknowingly entered an alley that was quiet in the midst of the hustle and bustle.
This alley is called "Goldfish Alley". It is not far from Luohe River. It is surrounded by green trees and the air is fresh and pleasant. Many dignitaries from Luojing City, including Princess Zhaoning, Prince Xin'an, Prince Yiyang, The ministers of the Ministry of Industry and others all live nearby.
Today, a family in Jinyu Lane is moving.
Shangguan Jin recognized that this was the family of Yang Jiong, Yin of Luojing Prefecture. Their moving destination was a house with a black, bright door and a foot-high doorstep - "No. 22, Goldfish Lane."
This mansion feels very familiar to Shangguan Jin.
But she thought about it, but she couldn't remember which acquaintance had lived here.
"Sir Shangguan, long time no see!"
At this moment, Yang Jiong, the fat and fat Yin of Luojing Prefecture, walked up to greet Guan Jin enthusiastically with a smile on his face.
Luo Jing Prefecture Yin is a fourth-grade official, and the exorcist doctor is a fifth-grade official. In terms of official rank alone, Yang Jiong is one level higher than Shangguan Jin.
But in the Daqi Dynasty, practitioners had a transcendent status, and Shangguan Jin was still working beside Luo Chuan, the head of the exorcism department. Her words and deeds may very well represent the thoughts of the head of the exorcism department.
Therefore, in front of her, as a mortal, Yang Jiong behaved respectfully, and his flattering words were like a torrent of rivers, without saying anything different.
Shangguan Jin pondered for a moment and raised his doubts: "Mr. Yang, from whom did you buy this mansion?"
"It was awarded to me by the imperial court," when she heard Yang Jiong said quite proudly, "A few days ago, I uncovered several of Li Batian's men hiding in secret near Luojing and destroyed their secret stronghold. In order to reward my contribution, the imperial court made this The house was given to me."
"What about..." Shangguan Jin frowned and then asked, "Has anyone else lived here before?" Ah..." Yang Jiong touched his chin and tried hard to search for the answer in his memory, "Oh, I remembered it. This place originally belonged to Lou Licheng, the former minister of the Ministry of Civil Affairs, but he was dismissed by the court because of corruption, perverting the law and accepting bribes. "
Shangguan Jin thought for a moment and remembered that a corrupt official named Lou Licheng was indeed punished by the court not long ago.
But in her mind, the man's face was blurry.
She couldn't even remember that person's age, place of origin, which year he was admitted as a Jinshi, and which official positions he had held...
For Shangguan Jin, who was well versed in officialdom affairs, this was , is undoubtedly something very wrong.
But after a few seconds, her memory suddenly became clear.
She remembered that Lou Licheng was a grey-haired old man from Qinzhou Prefecture. He had obtained academic status more than thirty years ago. His wife died young and his son died young. Last winter, he was dismissed from office by the court for corruption and was exiled to southern Xinjiang. , but died on the road due to poor health...
(End of this chapter)